San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-19
We Met at TOuIon.
THE ROMANCE OF A VOYAGE.

ldOn't exactly remember. so much hay-
ing happened since, and |, at the time,
having no reason to go to one place
more than to another.
The express train from Paris had just
come in.
She was standing little aside, just
out of the crowd and hustle, looking on,
scanning every face as it passed and
repassed, mine among others, and, as
fancied, with more interest than others.
Her face was very pale, and her eyes
were anxious, but she looked calm and
self-possessed.
By-and-by / saw her speak to an eld-
erly woman who stood near. She re-
ceiyed, fancied, hurried, not over
courteous answer, for | saw a flush rise
to her face as she turned away.
BY this time the platform was almost
clear. Such passengers as were going
on had departed to refresh themselves;
others had gene to their resting places.
The railway officials began to regard
this solitary figure curiously.
Raising my hat, speaking to her in
French, ventured to ask if | could be
in any way OF any service to her.
A shade of perpleXity or disappoint-
ment crossed her face when l thus adj
dressed her.
She answered, in better French than
mine:
II was to have been met here, but /
see nobody; L am disappointed. Imust
Again lifting my hat, left her, but
only to pace the platform and think
about her.
AS the minutes passed by, | thought
she looked paler and paler. At last, as
l approached her nearer than in my
other turns, she came few steps TO-
ward me-"
will you be so kind" she began, in
English; then correcting herself She
spoke French.
| smiled.
81 am English, as you are"
20, am SO glad!" she said, quite
childishly. Then she added: viii you
tell me what to do? | am come direct
from London. | am going to my broth
er, who is ill in Rome. Some one was
to have met me at TOulOn, and | know
nothing about the route beyond this"
Were you to go by land?"
"Yes; my brother forbade me to tray-
ell by water. Saa-traveling half killed
him, and he won't let me try it."
well, if you wanted to go by land, and
quickly, you ought to have gone by
Cham6ery, across Mount Cents, by
Susa, Turin, Milan"
She turned so pale that paused. She
looked about for some resting-place. |
gave her my arm, led her to the waiting
room, got her glass OF water and a cup
OF coffee, begging her 10 drink the lat-
ter.
one oDeyed me, ana as soon as she
could speak, it was:
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MY prother Is very III, perhaps dying.
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maps II were DeCter 10 push on by this
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